F9's Epic Magnet Plane Stunt Was The Idea Of A 9-Year-Old, Director Confirms

One of the ideas for a particularly extreme Fast 9 stunt came from the director's young child. Director Justin Lin told Empire that the idea to use magnets in the action film was actually his son Oqwe's idea, and it's something he came up with when he was 8 or 9.

Lin recalled that he was in London for a week with his son for meetings for F9. To spend more time with his child, Lin took him to meetings, and this is where the idea spawned. Lin said one of the challenges he was facing at the time was how to film one particular set-piece involving a car flying through the air that needed to land safely on the other side of a chasm.

Oqwe had the idea for a "magnet plane," which is exactly what it sounds like. The plane has a magnet attached to it that's so strong it can catch a car out of the air.

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